Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps Gloucester, ca. 1240
MS G.18 fol. 148v

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Tobit: murdered Jew -- Tobit and Tobias (?) place body wrapped in shroud with face exposed, into sarcophagus.
All against punched gold background within initial T decorated with foliate ornament.
Beginning of Tobit (Vulg., Tobias)